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Rumor has it Microsoft’s in the market to buy out RIM in order to, I don’t know, make their Windows Mobile line slightly less bad. Good luck with that if it’s true, Microsoft. [Reuters]
If you’re a big Wii fan—and who isn’t, what with Nintendo selling more units than there are grains of rice in my lunch—this black market Wii Skateboard should be just the thing for your after-school shenanigans. It’s not only somewhat shaped like a Wiimote, it even has all the correct buttons and fake LED lights…
Unlike other monitors that only have a webcam or a mic built in, this 22-inch SyncMaster 220TN Samsung monitor has a network module, webcam, microphone and speakers so that you can have a Skype or Microsoft Live Messenger conversation without a PC. Which means that as long as you have power and an Ethernet connection,…
The new Mac OS X Leopard is getting the final touches, including new gigantic icons to fit Apple’s own 512 x 512 pixel guidelines. It’s a requirement for their new resolution independent model and one excuse to have some fun: the TextEdit icon contains almost the full copy of the first Think Different campaign advertising,…
Helping make sure you never get stuck on the wrong side of town with your Mercedes, the German automaker is working with Google and Yahoo to be able to send the latter two’s maps and directions onto the car so you never get lost. Or at least recover when you are lost. This way, you…
This “car-on-train pallet system” is featured in the 1968 book Transportation in the World of the Future.
Speaking as Star Trek fans, if we were rich enough to own a home that had a chandelier, we’d definitely get one of these Star Trek Enterprise models. It features a big lamp as the saucer section and three smaller bulbs as the nacelles. On second thought, the total inaccuracy of this thing (the Enterprise…
You know those annoying Heely shoes, the ones that kids zoom around on in the mall, leading to chipped teeth and broken wrists? Well, someone actually did something somewhat useful with them. Sort of. Artists Christian Croft and Kate Hartman hacked a pair of Heelys, using the wheels to generate electricity. The electricity generated is…
I got time with Sony’s first video-capable Walkmen, the a810 and a610, and I think I have a finer appreciation for Sony Hardware now that they’ve stop floundering around in the software game. https://gizmodo.com/sony-rolls-out-two-new-video-walkmen-minus-atrac-nwz-295009 They’re strikingly similar with the a810 having a sleeker design, high end EX headphones, and a 2-inch QVGA screen. The lower…
Click to viewHere’s the mock-up of the next generation iPod Touch. And when we say touch, we mean touch: the home button doesn’t have to be pressed, it could be electrostaticmagickalifragilistic and glow. Call us wild speculators if you want —you will be right—but we are betting/lusting on it: Apple’s iPod 100% Touch. Just like…
This week at Uncrate: We stave off office boredom with a few rounds of Faceball, confuse our houseguests with the Half A Portion Mirror, and spice up our decor with some Bilk Threadless Wall Graphics. We also get clean with some Rude Man Hair Soap, pack for our annual camping trip with the Oakley Tiger…
Garmin made a press announcement confirming its Nuvi 700 for the European market, while quietly posting pages about the Nuvi 750, 760 and 770 to its US site with pricing. The premium devices feature 4.3″ widescreen displays and will range from $642 to $1071, with FM transmitters and Nuvi travel kits. The gunmetal gray 760…
Sony quietly released a new line of thumbstick Walkman MP3 players this morning, coming in 1GB and 2GB varieties. They come with goodies like an FM tuner and built-in microphone, and there’s a 3-line LCD screen on the front to clue you in to what you’re listening to. They look to be nice, simple little…
Today at IFA press day, the BDA gave a presentation running through the status of operations along with studio bigshots from Disney, Warner Bros and Fox. Here’s the rundown on what they said: Announcements – Hitachi will be making a major Blu-ray announcement tomorrow – Acer is now a member of BDA – China’s HuaLu…
Philips’ official unveiling of their new Aurea line pulled out all the stops. From dancing to models to a new, very colorful/melodramatic short by filmmaker Wong Kar Wai—it was big. Here are the specs: The displays themselves will be 1080p, 100Hz (likely 120Hz when these sets come Stateside), have a 3ms response time, come in…
These talking CD cases allow you to record a 60-second message, which can be played back to your heart’s content. There’s plenty of applications for this, like annoying marketing material, and, um… annoying marketing material. It was invented by Morag Hutcheon, in order to allow people to listen to 60 seconds of an album before…
The Pitch Everyone who’s been wondering what Jerry Seinfeld’s been up to—other than cashing syndication checks the size of Tonga’s GDP—need wonder no more: Judging by this promo, he’s voicing the protagonist in DreamWorks Animation’s forthcoming Bee Movie. (And how nice of him to find work for Patrick “Puddy” Warburton, who plays the audio engineer.)…
Panasonic’s face detection technology has made it into its tinier point-and-shoots, and now it appears in the company’s latest digital SLR camera too, the 10-megapixel Lumix DMC-L10. Like other Panasonic DSLRs, this one has Live View shot previewing, now with a 270-degree rotating 2.5″ LCD. Other key elements in this Panasonic—modeled off of the same…
Sony Europe just announced the BDP-S500, a designation that would imply a place between the BDP-s300 and BPD-S1, but the aging high end S1 doesn’t have HDMI 1.3, and this one does. It also has the S1’s 1080p24/60 for judderless movie playback on supported TVs, x.v.Color, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD decoding and the Spiderman Trilogy.…
This shower-in-a-box is designed to go where regular showers aren’t: the beach, the mountains or your next LAN party. Requiring only four AA batteries, it’ll wash all the sand, dirt or nerdsweat off you with water from its tank, which has a capacity of a bit over five gallons. The water pressure isn’t gonna be…